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Al
The Italians in my family are by marriage. My mother is one of 7 girls and
2 boys. A couple of Italians or Sicilians snuck in there somewhere.
My name was originally Hungarian and was spelled using the Cyrillic
alphabet. When my grandfather immigrated to the US before the turn of the
century, they asked him what his name was. He told them Fenwishy (or
however you would spell it). Someone there at Immigration spoke Hungarian
and said that meant evergreen. Someone else there said that's Tannenbaum in
German. Welcome to the US Mr. Tannenbaum. He shortened it to Tann for
business reasons. He was a close friend of Henry Ford and they used to
womanize together all the time. Don't want to say anything, but he died of
a stroke from too much partying before he was 60 years old <ggg>. Talk
about burning out early.
Don't want to discuss his business acumen (he did fairly well <ggg>) but at
one point he turned down a 25% interest in Ford Motor Company when Henry
offered him stock instead of money to pay his bills.
Regards
Guy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alberto Torchio
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 3:00 PM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: the real question
>
>
> Steve, Guy, Tom, Al,
>
> > Leonardo is THE "Fibonacci" born around 1170 AD, in Italy; Dino
> > Fibonacci is a guy I knew in Detroit, born around 1955, who
> > breaks kneecaps for fifty bucks (per side).
>
> My best wishes to Dino... ;-)
>
> As of "Leonardo", Fibonacci might very well be "one", but not "the one".
> Italy has had only ONE Leonardo (the real one) in history:
> Leonardo da Vinci, who's well
> known as the painter of the gentlewoman named "Monna Lisa della
> Gioconda", whose
> portrait is in Paris (@ the Louvre).
> This doesn't mean the Leonardo name is subject to any form of
> copyright, I know myself a
> Leonardo guy who bakes pizza not far.
>
>
> As of the mafia question:
>
> > Let's not talk about my relatives that way
>
> Guy, I have no direct experience of the mob, besides a relative
> (living in NYC) who was
> a close friend to well known mafia bosses. When some of his
> friends were caught by the
> law, arrested and convicted, he usued to say: "they are no
> bandits, they are gentlemen".
>
> Besides, is Tann an Italian name?
>
> > I've heard that this Mafia organization has a long and
> profitable history.
> > Is there a way I can invest in it, and what kind of return can
> I expect? ;-)
>
> Tom, you can expect some lead (bullets) for free if you don't pay
> attention!
> And when you get them it's for free: so it may be a good investment... :-)
>
> > Alberto is Italiano, I am Italiano. You Italiano too? (Tann?)
>
> Al, tha Taglavore name has certainly been transformed by US
> immigration officers, am I
> right?
>
>
> Alberto Torchio
> Torino, Italy
>
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